| expostulate | (vi) แสดงความไม่เห็นด้วย, See also: ติง, ท้วง, ทักท้วง, คัดค้าน, Syn. dissuade, oppose, remonstrate | | expostulate on | (phrv) โต้แย้ง, See also: ต่อว่า, คัดค้าน, Syn. expostulate about | | expostulate with | (phrv) โต้แย้งกับ, See also: เถียงกับ | | expostulate about | (phrv) โต้แย้ง, See also: ต่อว่า, คัดค้าน, Syn. expostulate on |
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| | expostulate | (อิคซพอส'ชะเลท) vi. เตือน, ตักเตือน, ว่ากล่าว, ทัดทาน, See also: expostulation n. expostulator n. expostulatory, expostulative adj., Syn. warn |
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| | expostulate | (vt) ขัดแย้ง, ทัดทาน, ว่ากล่าว, ตักเตือน, เตือน |
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| | Expostulate | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Expostulated p. pr. & vb. n. Expostulating. ] [ L. expostulatus, p. p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex out + postulare to ask, require. See Postulate. ] To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ] Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong. Jowett (Thuc. ). Syn. -- To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Expostulate | v. t. To discuss; to examine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] To expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | expostulate | (v) reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\ (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Expostulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expostulating}.] [L.
expostulatus, p. p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex
out + postulare to ask, require. See {Postulate}.]
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his
conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and
urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; --
followed by with.
[1913 Webster]
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
--Jowett
(Thuc. ).
Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See {Remonstrate}.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\, v. t.
To discuss; to examine. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
To expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expostulate
v 1: reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
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